Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Francis: Authentic devotion to Our Lady?

Francis has assured us that he is ruled by an "inner peace" because he prays three rosaries every day. See here. This from the same man who has exhibited a violent temper and who has engaged in hate-filled rant. See here and here for example.

Saint Louis de Montfort warns us that, "We must beware of those false devotions to Our Lady which the devil makes use of to deceive and ruin many souls...genuine devotion to Mary must be sincere, free from hypocrisy...loving, not lukewarm...constant..without being presumptuous..." (Love of Eternal Wisdom, 217).

Does this accurately describe Francis' devotion to Our Lady? Ye shall know a tree by its fruit. See here.

Francis has contradicted the infallible teaching of previous Popes and has set himself in opposition to the perennial teaching of the Church, the immutable Teaching of Christ Jesus. See here for example.

Besides the Indulgences attached to the Holy Rosary, Our Lady revealed to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche additional benefits for those who devoutly pray the Rosary:

2.I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.

3.The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies.

4.It will cause good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for Eternal Things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.

5.The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.

6.Whosoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of Eternal Life.

7.Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.

8.Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the Light of God and the plenitude of His Graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the Merits of the Saints in Paradise.

9.I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.

10.The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven.

11.You shall obtain all you ask of me by recitation of the Rosary.

12.All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13.I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.

14.All who recite the Rosary are my Sons, and brothers of my Only Son Jesus Christ.

15.Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.

Reflect very carefully on promise number three from The Mother of God. The Holy Rosary, when prayed devoutly and with an authentic devotion to Our Lady, as defined by Saint Louis de Montfort, will defeat heresies.

Does it seem as if Francis is being assisted by the Immaculata in defeating heresies or rather that he is succumbing to heresy?

I'm with you Elizmary! God forgive me for not believing a word this man says, but sincerely, how can you? He doesn't preach Catholicism, and they say that technically, he cannot be labeled a 'formal' heretic, but he is absolutely a 'material' heretic. He is in the process of trying to destroy the Church of Christ with his paganism, and I believe fight for the power at or near the top in the One World Order plan. He ignores the Dubia, he ignores petitions against the 'Bioethics' Conference with population control fanatics speaking. He won't kneel EVER before the Blessed Sacrament, not to say that we can be sure that physically he CAN kneel, but I had seen him do that a few times at the very beginning of his Papacy on a provided kneeler, so???? Regardless, he is leading the Church on the road to hell, and at this point not even Papist Catholics are able to defend him. Even THEY are beginning to see the light and look at him cross eyed. Phil Lawler of all people has declared him unfit.

So at this point I cannot trust ANYTHING he says, nor do I trust many of our Bishops or Cardinals. I myself am trusting the Blessed Mother to guide me, but I don't really think that HE'S trusting her, let alone praying 3 Rosaries a day!!

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